GYLES, Annie Kathleen
Age at Death: 47
Rank Corporal
Unit Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Service Number W110356
Place of Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg MB
Date of Birth 1898.04.06
Place of Birth Virden MB
Enlistment December, 1942, Victoria BC
Date of Death 1945.11.04
Sister of Laura E. Harris, of Winnipeg
Known by her middle name Kathleen, this CWAC corporal enlisted much later in life than the typical recruit. Throughout her life, she had worked at a Merchant’s Bank and registered jewellery at a Birk’s store before training as a nurse. She subsequently worked at a Shriner’s Hospital for disabled children, at a nursing home, and as a nurse-companion before her enlistment.
She had previously had breast cancer in 1941, and her left breast was removed. In November of 1943, a medical examination revealed a lump in the right breast. She was declared medically unfit and discharged from the army that December. She died two years later of widespread secondary cancer.
